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Descendants of William Lake

233. VELMA BEATRICE⁷ LAKE (CLAUDE DAYTON⁶, ILA HENDERSON⁵, JOHN AARON⁴, ILA³, GEORGE B.², WILLIAM¹) was born August 31, 1931. She married PAUL MARVIN (POKER) CONNER September 13, 1952, son of EDWARD CONNOR and LULA SANDERS. He was born June 26, 1926 in Coffman, Taylor County, WV (near Grafton, WV).

Notes for VELMA BEATRICE LAKE:
Velma has supplied a lot of the Lake family information in this book. Her interest and enthusiasm have spurred me to dig deeper for more information (the author). Poker was the son of Edward B. (Beany) and Lula Jane Sanders Conner. He was born at Coffman, Taylor County, West Virginia (near Grafton).

Poker's first job was delivering groceries for the Kingmont Country Store. He drove truck for Kenneth Haught coal mines, worked for Osborn Construction during the paving of the Levels Road, drove truck for Marion Storage to New Jersey, Illinois and Indiana and worked on the R. H. Dollison farm at Levels. He also worked at the Fairmont Box Shop for 13 years. He retired in 1988 from Martinka mines after 15 years service.

Velma and Poker live at Powell Road, near Fairmont, West Virginia.

Family records of Dessie Lake and Velma Lake Conner.

More About VELMA BEATRICE LAKE:
Living At: Powell Road, Fairmont, WV

More About PAUL CONNER and VELMA LAKE:
Marriage: September 13, 1952

Children of VELMA LAKE and PAUL CONNER are:

	i.		PAUL EDWARD⁸ CONNER, b. August 22, 1957.
	ii.		RALPH ALAN CONNER, b. August 16, 1961.

234. EVELYN LOUISE⁷ LAKE (CLAUDE DAYTON⁶, ILA HENDERSON⁵, JOHN AARON⁴, ILA³, GEORGE B.², WILLIAM¹) was born November 17, 1932. She married HAROLD FREDERICK KIRBY June 08, 1954, son of LANFORD KIRBY and JOSEPHINE GELHAUSER. He was born April 24, 1930, and died March 03, 1977.

Notes for HAROLD FREDERICK KIRBY:

Harold was the son of Ledford F. and Josephine Gelhauser Kirby. He retired from the U.S. Army with 16 years service and was a veteran of the Korean war. He was a Methodist minister with the Virginia Conference. Funeral services were held in the Foundry Methodist Church in Virginia Beach where he had served as minister. He was buried near Grafton, West Virginia at the Woodsdale Memorial Park.

(1) Family records of Dessie Lake and Velma Lake Conner.
(2) Marion County Birth Book 6 - Page 190 (Evelyn).
(3) Death notice in The Times-West Virginian on Saturday March 5, 1977.

More About HAROLD FREDERICK KIRBY:
Burial: Woodsdale Memorial Park, near Grafton, WV
Military service: U. S. Army (16 Years)
Occupation: Methodist Minister

More About HAROLD KIRBY and EVELYN LAKE:
Marriage: June 08, 1954

Children of EVELYN LAKE and HAROLD KIRBY are:

	i.		LOIS ELLEN⁸ KIRBY, b. March 10, 1955.
	ii.		MICHAEL FREDERICK KIRBY, b. July 26, 1957.
	iii.		DAVID PHILIP KIRBY, b. February 02, 1959.

235. DORIS JEAN⁷ LAKE (CLAUDE DAYTON⁶, ILA HENDERSON⁵, JOHN AARON⁴, ILA³, GEORGE B.², WILLIAM¹) was born July 04, 1934. She married GARRETT BROOKS (BUSTER) YOST December 18, 1952, son of NORVEL YOST and VERNA POWELL. He was born September 27, 1928 in Mannington, WV, and died in Fairmont, Marion County, WV.

Notes for DORIS JEAN LAKE:
They were marrried December 18, 1952. They adopted the children of Buster's brother and sister-in-law, Harold and Evon Yost.

Buster was the son of Norvel Wayne and Verna Elsa Powell Yost. He was born at Mannington, West Virginia. He served in the U.S. Navy. He and Doris live at Suncrest Boulevard in Fairmont, WV.

Doris was forced to quit work at Westinghouse after a serious back injury in an automobile wreck and now deals in antiques and selling at flea markets.

(1) Family records of Dessie Lake and Velma Lake Conner.
(2) Marion County (Fairmont, WV) Birth Book 6 - Page 192 (Doris).
(3) Death notice (Buster) from Times-West Virginian, Fairmont, WV dated February 9, 1998.

More About GARRETT BROOKS (BUSTER) YOST:
Living At: Suncrest Boulevard, Fairmont, WV
Military service: U. S. Navy

More About GARRETT YOST and DORIS LAKE:
Marriage: December 18, 1952

Children of DORIS LAKE and GARRETT YOST are:

	i.		GARY WAYNE⁸ YOST, b. January 17, 1958.
	ii.		RANDY GENE YOST, b. June 22, 1960.

236. DENNIS RAY⁷ LAKE (CLAUDE DAYTON⁶, ILA HENDERSON⁵, JOHN AARON⁴, ILA³, GEORGE B.², WILLIAM¹) was born May 29, 1936 in Marion County, Fairmont, WV. He married AMELIA JOANN MCVICKER May 26, 1958, daughter of MILFORD MCVICKER and OCIE MOTTER. She was born April 18, 1939.

Notes for DENNIS RAY LAKE:
Joann is the daughter of Milford J. and Ocie G. Motter McVicker. She is a homemaker. Dennis served in the U.S. Army from March 1958 to September 1963. He was stationed in Korea, Kentucky, Kansas and North Carolina. He made his career with McCroy's Stores. At one time he was district manager over 15 stores in Pennsylvania. In 1987, he became manager of a new McCroy's store in Virginia and lived in Midlothian, Virginia. In 1991, they purchased Joann's home place and came home to settle on Grassy Run, near Fairmont, West Virginia. He is currently (1994) manager of the McCroy's store in the Middletown Mall at Fairmont.

Dennis and Joann visited Greece and the Holy Land in 1989.

(1) Family of records of Dessie Lake and Velma Lake Conner.
(2) Marion County Birth Book 7 - Page 128 (Dennis), Book 12 - Page 135 (Kimberly), Book 12 - Page 138 (Dennis Gregg), Book 12 - Page 139 (Lisa).

More About DENNIS RAY LAKE:
Military service: U. S. Army

More About DENNIS LAKE and AMELIA MCVICKER:
Marriage: May 26, 1958

Children of DENNIS LAKE and AMELIA MCVICKER are:

262.	i.	KIMBERLY ANN⁸ LAKE, b. June 10, 1961, Marion County, Fairmont, WV??/Del Rio, Texas.
263.	ii.	DENNIS GREGG LAKE, b. March 12, 1963, Marion County, Fairmont, WV.
264.	iii.	LISA JO LAKE, b. April 23, 1964, Marion County, Fairmont, WV.
265.	iv.	DEBORAH KAY LAKE, b. October 13, 1965, Parkersburg, WV.
	v.	ERIC ALAN LAKE, b. March 04, 1969, East Liverpool, OH.

Notes for ERIC ALAN LAKE:
(1) Family records of Velma Lake Conner.

237. ARCHIE HARMON⁷ LAKE (CLAUDE DAYTON⁶, ILA HENDERSON⁵, JOHN AARON⁴, ILA³, GEORGE B.², WILLIAM¹) was born November 28, 1938 in Fairmont, Marion County, WV, and died August 18, 1993 in Fayettville, North Carolina. He married EDITH HANNELORE WIEGAND January 05, 1960 in Germany. She was born August 25, 1939 in Heidelberg, Germany.

Notes for ARCHIE HARMON LAKE:
Edith was a German citizen and met Archie while he was stationed there with the U.S. Army. He was a career military man, entering service on January 27, 1957. Michael was born in Germany, Robert in Okinawa. Edith was born in Heidelberg, Germany.

Archie was named after his great grandfather Harmon Travis, father of his grandmother Evolena Travis Lake. Archie took basic training with the army in South Carolina. He was stationed in Georgia, Fort Dix, New Jersey (1957); Germany, where he served in Karlsruke and Heidelburg; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (1961); Naha, Okinawa (1963); Korea (1968), then Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

After the army, Archie was a mechanic in the auto shop of the J. C. Penny's store in Fayettville, North Carolina where they lived.

Archie died of cancer in 1993. The following obituary appeared in the Times-West Virginian at the time of his death:

Archie H. Lake, 54, of Fayetteville, North Carolina and formerly of Fairmont, died Wednesday (August 18, 1993) in Fayetteville. He was born November 28, 1938 in Fairmont, a son of the late Claude and Dessie Hawkins Lake.

He is survived by his wife, Edith Lake; three sons: Michael Lake and Robert Lake, both of Fayetteville and Brian Lake, stationed with the U.S. Air Force at Langley, Virginia; one daughter, Kathy, of North Carolina; one brother, Dennis Lake of Fairmont; five sisters: Mrs. Lorraine Estel, Mrs. Velma Conner, Mrs Doris Yost, Mrs. Janet Linn, all of Fairmont, and Mrs. Evelyn Kirby of Virginia Beach, Virginia and two grandchildren. He was retired from the U.S. Army with 20 years service.

Funeral services will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Rogers and Breece Funeral Home, 500 Ramsey Street, Fayetteville, North Carolina, 28302. Obituary is courtesy of Carpenter and Ford Funeral Home of Fairmont (WV).

(1) Family records of Dessie Lake and Velma Lake Conner.
(2) Marion County Birth Book 8 - Page 129 (Archie).

More About ARCHIE HARMON LAKE:
Burial: August 21, 1993
Military service: U. S. Army

More About ARCHIE LAKE and EDITH WIEGAND:
Marriage: January 05, 1960, Germany

Children of ARCHIE LAKE and EDITH WIEGAND are:

266.	i.	MICHAEL THOMAS⁸ LAKE, b. March 31, 1960, Karlsruhe, Germany.
267.	ii.	KATHY ANN LAKE, b. June 30, 1962, Oklahoma City, OK.
	iii.	ROBERT EDWARD LAKE, b. October 12, 1964, Okinawa.

Notes for ROBERT EDWARD LAKE:
Family records of Velma Lake Conner

iv.

BRIAN KEITH LAKE, b. February 08, 1969.

Notes for BRIAN KEITH LAKE:
Family records of Velma Lake Conner